Fine-needle aspiration of a metastatic breast carcinoma in the lung with melanin pigmentation: a case report.
The presence of melanin pigment in the cytoplasm of breast carcinoma cells has been reported. Fine-needle aspiration of a solitary lung lesion in a woman who had undergone mastectomy for ductal carcinoma revealed malignant cells consistent with the primary mammary tumor; many of these tumor cells contained melanin pigment.
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Department of Pathology, Booth Memorial Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, Flushing 11355.
D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008543:Melanins / Q000032:analysis*
D008543:Melanins